Hello first time for net sketchup on a Chromebook with no mouse. As an previous AutoCAD person I’m used to setting a UCS to attract in any area moreover the default XY airplane? How do you do that with net?
And does the numeric enter settle for x, y, z, coordinates? In different phrases can I draw within the YZ airplane by drawing a rectangle from 0,0,0 to 0,1,1
Take a look on the video tutorials at study.sketchup.com. Particularly those for the online variations.
I’m going to counsel that you simply don’t attempt to use SketchUp, particularly SketchUp Free, like AutoCAD. Learn to use SketchUp the way in which it was designed for use beginning with the academic supplies on the hyperlink John supplied.
You’ll be able to draw a reectangle within the YZ airplane beginning on the origin and dragging out within the right airplane. Then enter 1,1 if you would like it to be 1 unit sq.. No must enter coordinates.
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Sketchup and autocad are totally different softwares with a unique option to mannequin or draw one thing, in sketchup you may’t sort coordinates to attract a line, it’s manner simpler, simply use the road software click on the place you need it to start out, then ser the course you need that line to be drawn, you may lock a course utilizing the arrows or holding shift, then sort the size you need that line to have and it’s accomplished, for rectangles it’s virtually te similar the one distinction is that you should use ; between the size of the rectangle dimension. Earlier than beginning to attract you may lock the airplane the place you wish to draw the rectangle utilizing the arrows, up will lock it on the xy axis, left on the xz axis, proper on the yz axis and down will lock it on any referenced airplane, if in case you have a wall at 30 levels and also you wish to draw a rectangle on the similar angle, put the cursor on the wall then the down arrow and will probably be locked to the angle of the wall.
Typically talking, the very first thing I inform somebody with AutoCad expertise who’s attempting to study SketchUp is, “attempt to neglect AutoCad.”
So many acad customers have spent years studying to assume the way in which they need you to assume. SketchUp is a 3D modeling software for individuals who don’t wish to study “cad”. Need to draw a line! Click on the Pencil and draw a line. Need to go searching your mannequin in 3D area? Use your mouse to Orbit.
The toughest factor for Acad customers to just accept is that every one the training they did works in opposition to them in SketchUp. Attempt to method it with contemporary eyes. Fake you might be ranging from scratch… attempt to neglect what UCS even is!
And take a look at study.SketchUp.com
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I disagree with the primary half, see ( *). And sure (second half), it’s usually manner simpler to make use of the drawing instruments and benefit from SketchUp’s inferencing engine.
( *) For example you can begin drawing an edge with the ‘Line’ software. And with or with out clicking the second endpoint of the sting sort (say) [6m,3m,7m] and [Enter]. The sting will then finish at that location. The present drawing axes and origing shall be taken into consideration. This additionally works in enhancing context of a bunch or element. Then the context’s present drawing axes and origin shall be honored.
The ‘Textual content’ software all the time referes to the system’s axes and origin when clicking on an endpoint, this opposite to the ‘Tape Measure’ software. This software will in flip exhibits the coordinates within the present drawing axes when pointing to an endpoint when analyzing geometry. So in a manner one do have the choice to work with UCS (in object’s enhancing context) and to enter coordinates.
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